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Re:Dockerfile Best Practices by kitd on Sunday January 03, 2021 @07:08AM (#25621312)
Even if you believe that running random stuff as root is ok, if you do not have any reason to do that then why should we mindlessly follow bad practices?

But the argument is, should it be a bad practice?

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Re:Dockerfile Best Practices by rualca on Sunday January 03, 2021 @11:53AM (#25622906)
> But the argument is, should it be a bad practice?

Are you really asking if running external-facing services as root should be considered a bad practice?

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Re:Dockerfile Best Practices by kitd on Monday January 04, 2021 @02:34AM (#25628638)
It's a container. The point of Docker is to contain and encapsulate. Lock down Docker.

Maybe not a bad practice, but it should be redundant.

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